Todd Maki wants to bring orchestral passion to the concert band world. The Youngstown native is the new conductor and music director of the Youngstown Area Community Concert Band, succeeding Joseph Pellegrini, who retired in 2025 after leading the group for 35 of its 42 years. Maki has ...
Dayton novelists Meredith Doench and Erin Flanagan will be the featured authors at Lit Youngstown’s next First Wednesday Reader Series event. Doench is the author of the Luce Hansen sapphic thriller series and the stand-alone novels “Whereabouts Unknown” and “Never Say Die.” Doench is an avid armchair detective and amateur web sleuth who loves all things mystery. She’s also a board member of Mystery Writers of America, Midwest Chapter and a principal lecturer of creative writing and literature at the University of Dayton. Flanagan is the author of five books, including ...
Chalk on the Walk colors Warren A downtown Warren tradition continues Saturday with Chalk on the Walk at Courthouse Square. Free chalk will be available to children, and the walkways on the square will be canvas for their chalk art creations. It runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and musical acts Crash the Great and Emotional Labor will perform starting at 10:30 a.m. The event also will include a Youth Art Day exhibition for those ages 12 to 21, free facepainting, costumed characters, a vendors market and a visit from the Warren Fire Department. Leonardi Legacy Concert ...
A couple of local community bands will be part of a fundraiser for the Ohio Foundation of Music Education on Sunday at the Winery at Wolf Creek, 2637 S. Cleveland Massillon Road, Norton. The Youngstown Area Community Concert Band will open Summer Winds at the Winery, now in its third year, at 11:30 a.m., and the Canfield Community Concert Band will perform at 1:50 p.m. Other acts include Canal Fulton Community Band at 12:40 p.m., Brass Band of the Western Reserve at 3 p.m., Blue Tip Jazz at 4:10 p.m. Western Reserve Community Band at 5:20 p.m., Wadsworth Community Band at 6:30 p.m. ...
Assorted rambling from the world of entertainment: • There will be a lot of fireworks in the Mahoning Valley over the next couple of weeks, probably more than usual thanks to America250 celebrations. But only one that I’m aware of boasts athletes familiar to local sports fans. The Austintown Firework Celebration will deliver the big booms at 10 p.m. Sunday at Hollywood Gaming Mahoning Valley Race Course in Austintown, but plenty of activities are planned before the loud and colorful finale. Both Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns fans will be served by the special guests. ...
